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Letters Pateat N o. 99,408, dated February 1, 1870.

IMPRO'V'ED APPARATUS POR ADMINISTERING- MEDICATED VAPORE.

I The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same we u 'tion and arrangement of a vaporometer-that is, a

machine or device for forming medicated vapors for inhalation.

In order to enable others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which shows a vertical section of my invention.

A represent-s the tank, under the bottom of which the spirit-lamp B is placed, for the purpose of heating the water in the tank.

A certain amount of water is placed, through the orifice O at the top, in the tank, so as to leave apartial vacuum in the upper part of the tank, in which vacuum the vapor is ibrmed.

In the bottom of the tank A is placed a perforated cup, D, provided with wires or handles, E, which cup is filled with any suitable material for medicating the vapor.

`In the top of the tank isl a faucet, G, for the purpose of allowing the vapor topass out, or be shut oli', at will.

To this faucet is attached a exible pipeor hose, H, having at its other end a mouth-piece, I, through which the vapor is inhaled.

Ou the side of the tank A. is an opening or pipe, J, leading into the vacuum above the water, through which opening the air is allowed to pass in and till said vae-num.

This opening or pipe should be provided wit-b a valve, a, so constructed that the air can pass freely into the tank, while the vapor is vprevented from escaping through the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the tank A, perforated receptacle D, flexible pipe H, and pipe J, with valve a, all constructed and arranged as described, for the purpose of vaporizing medicines into a vacuum, and allowing the air to unite therewith, to form a medicated vapor,

substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have here unto set my hand, ,this 28th day of September, 1869.

J. O. COOK. Witnesses:

GEO. W. OsnoRN, Crus. S. A; DAVIS. 

